Improvement in tea and coffee-pots



J. E. EARLE.

Tea and Coffee Pot.

Patented June 8, 1869.

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JOHN E. EARLE, BOFNEW HAvEuooNNEc'noUT.

Letters Patent No. 91,104, dated June 1869.

IMPROVEMENT'IN TEA AND COFFEE-POTS.

The Schedule referred to in the" Letters Patent and making part of the Q- To all whom it may concern p Be it known that I, J onuE. EARLE, of- New Ha ven, in the county of New Haven, andState of Connecticnt, have'invented a new Improvement in Tea and Coffee-Pot; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, and the ietters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawing constitutes part of this specifica-' tion, and represents a vertical central section of the tea or coffee-pot. I l a This invention relates to an improvement in that class of coffee-pots within which is arranged a perforated cylinder, for the reception of coffee, with a perforated cup above, and which has' heretofore been constructed with a water-joint, as in the patents granted to Thomas Bishop, November 1, 1859; George Jones, April 16, 1867,; George Jones, December 8, 1868.

- 1n the use of the water-joint in pots, so soon as the pot is tipped,the water-joint, which is designed to prevent the escape of the aroma from the coliee, is de-. stroyed, inasmuch, as by tipping the pot, the water which formed the packing runs below. V

In urns constructed on this principle with the waterjoint, the aroma, which naturally rises to the top of the vessel, condenses in the water, and is lost to quite as great an extent as it would he were the top left open, the water in a short time becoming impregnated with the aroma orbest portion of the cofiee, and which cannot in any manner be utilized.

By my invention these difficulties are entirely overcome; and

It consists in a material packing placed between the cover and vessel, so as to positively'pack the joint under all circumstances, and prevent the escapeof the aroma.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use trated in the accompanying drawings.

A is the body of the pot or urn, as the case may be.

B, the cylinder, having aperforated bottom, 0, upon which the coffee or tea, as the case may be, is placed.

D is a cup placed within the cylinder atthe top, the bottom E of which is perforated, so that boiling water, poured upon the bottom E'of the cup D,-wi1l sprinkle on to the cofl'ee below, and pass through into the vessel in like manner as in pots and urns before described.

Around the neck of the vessel, I form a groove, or other means for holding a packing, a, which I form from India rubber, felt, leather, or any suitable material, so that when the cover is set on to the vessel it WhatI claim as new and useful, and desire to se- 7 cure by Letters Patent, is

In combination with the perforated cylinder B, within the body A, the arrangement of the material packing a between the cover and vessel, substantially in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

- JOHN E. EARLE.

Witnesses:

E. S. TIBBITs, A. J TrBBI'rs. 

